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Dr. Judit Konya Joins American Hospital Dubai

UK CCT Consultant in Family Medicine

Dr. Judit Konya led a national project on catching cancer earlier, and she is now seeing patients at American Hospital Dubai. She arrives as a UK CCT Consultant in Family Medicine, with a career built around finding illness sooner and reaching the patients who most need care.

A UK Family Medicine Consultant

Dr. Konya is a UK CCT Consultant in Family Medicine with more than fifteen years across the NHS and academic medicine in England. She holds Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners and an MD in Medical Sciences from Hull York Medical School, and she has served as an Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter.

At a glance Detail
Specialty UK CCT Consultant in Family Medicine
New hospital American Hospital Dubai
Experience 15+ years across the NHS and academic medicine in England
Qualifications MRCGP; MD in Medical Sciences, Hull York Medical School
Academic role Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Exeter
Research Principal Investigator on NIHR and commercial studies; 20+ publications

Research Built Around Catching Illness Earlier

She has been a Principal Investigator on NIHR and commercial studies, with more than twenty publications behind her. She also founded Deep End Cornwall, a network of practices serving the most deprived communities across Cornwall, and sat on the board of the RCGP Tamar Faculty. Her research keeps returning to the same idea: catching illness earlier and reaching the patients who need it most.

A Welcome to Dubai

That focus on early detection and access now moves into a new setting at American Hospital Dubai, one of the region’s most established private hospitals. It was a real pleasure to spend time with her at American Hospital Dubai recently, and her arrival adds depth to the hospital’s family medicine care.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Dr. Judit Konya?

She is a UK CCT Consultant in Family Medicine now seeing patients at American Hospital Dubai, with more than fifteen years across the NHS and academic medicine in England. She led a national project on catching cancer earlier.

What are her qualifications?

She holds Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners and an MD in Medical Sciences from Hull York Medical School, and she has been an Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter.

What is her research focus?

Her research keeps returning to catching illness earlier and reaching the patients who need care most. She has been a Principal Investigator on NIHR and commercial studies, with more than twenty publications.

What is Deep End Cornwall?

It is a network of practices she founded to serve the most deprived communities across Cornwall. She also sat on the board of the RCGP Tamar Faculty.

What does she bring to American Hospital Dubai?

A family medicine consultant’s breadth combined with a research record centred on early detection and access, backed by more than twenty publications and experience leading a national project on catching cancer earlier.


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